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Breakfast with Pence a hot SU2C auction item

Breakfast with Pence a hot SU2C auction item

MLB and its 30 Clubs have organized a charity auction featuring unique experiences and items to benefit Stand Up To Cancer

By Alyson Footer
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MLB.com |

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Hunter Pence loves breakfast.

He'll tell you that point-blank -- it's his favorite meal of the day, and he considers it a bit of a hobby to find the best breakfast places in every city he visits during the baseball season. He'll check with the concierge at the hotel and some of the locals if he has a chance, and based on their recommendations, off he goes to indulge in eggs and bacon and pancakes and whatever other delicious delectables may be on the menu.

So it's only appropriate that one of several items the Giants will be donating to Major League Baseball's unprecedented auction is an opportunity to join Pence during a breakfast excursion in San Francisco, along with other incentives that make this a must-bid package.

The auction item is part of a massive nationwide event that is currently taking place on MLB.com, a venture that will benefit Stand Up to Cancer, which Major League Baseball has supported since 2008 as founding sponsor.

The Giants are offering a number of items. As of 5 p.m. PT on Tuesday, the Pence breakfast package, which includes two autographed Pence items and a photo opportunity, had received 17 bids, topping out at $1,775 -- one of the highest bids for any team yet.

Also up for grabs from the Giants is a Hall of Fame package that includes autographed baseballs from Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Gaylord Perry, and an Orlando Cepeda cap, each with a certificate of authenticity, plus a Juan Marichal jersey. That package, as of 5 p.m. PT on Tuesday, had generated 15 bids, the highest coming in at $775.

There never has been an auction quite like MLB.com/SU2CAuction, and that is mainly the result of club PR directors who got together on a mission that is very personal in nature. Many of them work with club personnel who have been diagnosed with cancer, and this became a unified effort to use their unique access and list at least 70 items that almost make it hard to choose.